A Companion to the Fairy Tale

A Companion to the Fairy Tale
Author: Hilda Roderick Ellis Davidson
Publisher: DS Brewer
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2003
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9781843840817

This title discusses the characteristics of the traditional fairy tale in Europe and North America, and various theories of its development and interpretation.

The Cambridge Companion to Fairy Tales

The Cambridge Companion to Fairy Tales
Author: Maria Tatar
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2015
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 110703101X

An international team of scholars explores the historical origins, cultural dissemination and continuing literary and psychological power of fairy tales.

The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales

The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales
Author: Jack David Zipes
Publisher:
Total Pages: 601
Release: 2002
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780198605096

Essays discuss the history and development of fairy tales in cultures from all over the world and throughout history, including adaptation for film, art, opera, ballet, music, and commercial use.

The Routledge Companion to Media and Fairy-Tale Cultures

The Routledge Companion to Media and Fairy-Tale Cultures
Author: Pauline Greenhill
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 858
Release: 2018-03-28
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1317368797

From Cinderella to comic con to colonialism and more, this companion provides readers with a comprehensive and current guide to the fantastic, uncanny, and wonderful worlds of the fairy tale across media and cultures. It offers a clear, detailed, and expansive overview of contemporary themes and issues throughout the intersections of the fields of fairy-tale studies, media studies, and cultural studies, addressing, among others, issues of reception, audience cultures, ideology, remediation, and adaptation. Examples and case studies are drawn from a wide range of pertinent disciplines and settings, providing thorough, accessible treatment of central topics and specific media from around the globe.

Lessons from Grimm

Lessons from Grimm
Author: Shonna Slayton
Publisher: Amaretto Press
Total Pages: 211
Release: 2020-06-22
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1947736019

Uncover the fairy tale secrets that made the Grimms famous. In fairy tales, a young woman can have impossibly long hair, a man can turn into a lion during the day, and a simple spindle can change a kingdom's history. There are few limits on characters we can create or the stories we tell. Our characters don’t necessarily have to look or act a certain way, and fairy tale magic can delight readers in fresh new ways. In Lessons from Grimm, you’ll do a deep dive into how the Grimms masterfully handle key elements of genre, character, setting, plot, fairy tale magic, and theme. Lessons from Grimm is perfect for teenage writers and up. While beginning authors will learn basic storytelling techniques, more advanced storytellers will hone in on specific tips for writing fairy tale magic and themes. By studying examples of well-known and more obscure tales, you'll come away with a fresh perspective on Grimms' fairy tales and lots of ideas for writing your own stories. * quickly brainstorm ideas * streamline the creative process * create endearing fairy tale characters * build on time-tested plots and themes * write a better fairy tale Bonus! The appendix includes comprehensive lists of characters, settings, plots, romance tropes, magic objects and more, saving you hours of research time. Get Lessons from Grimm today and get started writing your own magical tale.

Falling for Rapunzel

Falling for Rapunzel
Author: Leah Wilcox
Publisher: Puffin
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2006-01
Genre: Children's stories
ISBN: 9780141500799

A prince tries to get Rapunzel to throw down her hair so he can rescue her, but she mishears him and throws down random objects from her room instead. This retelling of the classic fairy tale demonstrates how misunderstandings can lead to things working out 'happily ever after'.

Cinder Edna

Cinder Edna
Author: Ellen Jackson
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 36
Release: 1998-09-24
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0688162959

The famous Cinderella and her neighbor Cinder Edna each worked sunup to sundown for their wicked stepmother and stepsisters. But while Cinderella had the good fortune to be rescued by her fairy godmother, Edna was strong, self-reliant, spunky--and she lived happier ever after! "Nicely executed....This Cinderella send-up is full of kid-pleasing jokes."--Publisher's Weekly.

Fairy Tale as Myth/Myth as Fairy Tale

Fairy Tale as Myth/Myth as Fairy Tale
Author: Jack Zipes
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2013-04-06
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0813143918

" Explores the historical rise of the literary fairy tale as genre in the late seventeenth century. In his examinations of key classical fairy tales, Zipes traces their unique metamorphoses in history with stunning discoveries that reveal their ideological relationship to domination and oppression. Tales such as Beauty and the Beast, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, and Rumplestiltskin have become part of our everyday culture and shapers of our identities. In this lively work, Jack Zipes explores the historical rise of the literary fairy tale as genre in the late seventeenth century and examines the ideological relationship of classic fairy tales to domination and oppression in Western society. The fairy tale received its most "mythic" articulation in America. Consequently, Zipes sees Walt Disney's Snow White as an expression of American male individualism, film and literary interpretations of L. Frank Baum's The Wizard of Oz as critiques of American myths, and Robert Bly's Iron John as a misunderstanding of folklore and traditional fairy tales. This book will change forever the way we look at the fairy tales of our youth.